The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-11-05
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

Before the century is out 1t is esti-
mated that London will have popu-
lation OF 1000. 000.
The Celtic language is spoken by
nearly $40 900 people in Ireland. 81 900
Of whom can speak no other.
"A Berlin company offers electrici-
ty for boiling water. and other heat.
ing purposes, as well as for lighting.
No tomb in Europe or America.
present or probable to be, can match
that of Napolen Bonaparte. Gath
on the spot.
I'm the agricultural districts around
the city Of Zacatecas laborer gets
37} cents daily. The hours OF labor
are from sunrise to sunset
Chill is likely to prove an impor-
tant source Of borax. Analyses made
by Gillian and English chemists indi-
cate that the crude borax Of that coun-
try can probably be made to yield as
good a product as the borax Of CALI
fornia.-M y Ledger
The extraordinary supply Of grouse
in London on the first day the shoe t.
ing law was up is now accounted for
by the information that the grouse had
been kept for ten months in ice cellars
at ten perature of 20 deg. They were
very much relished.
The recent discovery Of several val
uablc springs of different mineral wa
iers in Costa Rica has caused the gov
eminent to issue decree declaring all
such to be the property Of the State, and
ordering that in future none shall be
transferred to private ownership.
Young men clad In the garments
formerly worn by students have been
numerous In the streets Of Osaka
Japan, lately. They lecture in out-of-
the-way corners, and even in crowded
streets when no constables are at
hand. upon political subjects, and FREE
quently urge the doctrine that official
salaries are the life-b blood of the peo-
ple."
An old Prussian law provides for
the annual distribution of prizes
amounting to- fifteen and twenty
marks to such physicians and sanitary
officials as shall have attempted.
whether successfully or not, the res
suscitation OF apparently dead persons
In the last four years eighty-five such
prizes were awarded. the number OF
those cases in which the attempted
rcsuscitation was successful being
! twenty-six
The desert of Sahara is slowly be-
coming inhabitable with tho aid OF
science. The lower Sahara is an inn
mense basin Of artesian waters. and
the French are form ing fresh GASES
with skill and success. so that the
number of cultivated tracts is increas-
ing rapidly. After period of thirty
years. forty-three GASES have IS 900 in
| habitan!s, 10000 trees between one
and seven years old. and 100 600 fruit
| trees.
| The Prussian army list for 1887
| cont aims 2 field marshals. the Grown
Prince and Count Moltke; SO cavalry
and Infantry generals, rs lIcutenant-
generals and 1T major-gcnerals.
The cavalry staff consists Of 81
colonies. S8 observation-disclosures and
206 majors, and in the infantry staff
there are 161 colonies. 172 lieutenant
colonies and 700 majors. The number
Of officers shows an increase Of sc AZ
compared with last year.
| A quaint old bridge has been found
in the River Glen at Spalding. Lincoln
shire, where the river bed was being
deepened for the construction of .
new bridge. Local tradition declared
that bridge had existed there many
years back. and had been washed
away by storm. and now the los
structure itself has been unearthed
five feet below the bed Of the stream
1t was chiefly constructed of carvec
stones from the Spalding Monastery,
pulled down in 1887. and numbers o.
carved coffin-lids and other relics weri
lying close by.